“I massively regret the comments I made in a backhanded interview I did years ago,” she said. “I was prompted to do certain things.

“I shouldn’t have done that, it’s shameful that I’ve said those things about him.”

Helen, who was previously at the centre of another sex scandal involving Wayne Rooney, also claimed that the injunction had caused “more damage than good”, she added: “If we can’t talk about him, why can we talk about me?”

However, Helen - who claimed she had no idea who the actor was when he paid her for sex - admitted she understood why he had taken out the gagging order.

“I get why he’s done it, he’s a bit spooked that I’d sell a story, but I wouldn’t have done that,” she said.

“I actually got upset because now I’m a bit older - I have a 12 year old - I know he has children, I feel bad if they know about this.”

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Helen won the 2014 series of 'Big Brother' and also returned as a guest in 2015

Revealing she had told her son about the story yesterday, Helen stated it was “not the best moment of my life”.

“Surprisingly, I said some people may say nasty things about me, and he just said: ‘I’m not bothered anyway. I’ll just say it was my mum, not me,’” she explained.